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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Knap

/(năp)/ · IPA /næp/
01 n. A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.
  1. 1.
    A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop. See: Knob, Knop
    “The highest part and knap of the same island.” — Holland.
02 v. t. To bite; to bite off; to break short.
imp. & p. p. Knapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Knapping
  1. 1.
    To bite; to bite off; to break short.[Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]
    “He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth.” — Dr. H. More.
    “He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder.” — Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.)
  2. 2.
    To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.[Chiefly Brit.]
03 v. i. To make a sound of snapping.
  1. 1.
    To make a sound of snapping.
04 n. A sharp blow or slap.
  1. 1.
    A sharp blow or slap.